Toilet-paper holder



(No Model.)

M. A. BROWN.

TOILET PAPER HOLDER.

No. 481,612. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN A. BROWN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TOILET-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,612, dated August 30, 1892.

Application filed January 2, 1892. Serial No. 416,870. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN A. BROWN, 2. citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of toiletpaper holders used for suspending paper from the wall, and my purpose is to provide a more cheap, simple, and convenient device than those heretofore used.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar features and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front View of my complete device, in which dotted lines represent the pad and frame partially removed; Fig. 2, an end View; Fig. 3, a vertical section thereof.

The reference letter a denotes the pad proper or a pack of sheets of paper perforated at b and secured to a stiff back 0 by a band (1, placed around the pad just above the perforations. The stiff back is continued up and forms a loop and flange, and by means of the loop the pad issecured to the hanger-frame. The pad of paper may also be glued to the flange to assist in securing it.

The hanger portion or frame of the device consists of a single integral piece of wire g, rectangular in general outline, with loops h bent out of the wire at three of its corners for the reception of supporting nails or pins. These loops are formed so that the wire all lies in the same plane and allows the wire to lie flat against the wall, as better seen in Fig. 2. At the lower right-hand corner the vertical side 70 of the frame is bent up to form a hook 2', and the lower horizontal sidej of the wire frame is made to intersect or extend beyond the vertical side it and is given an elasticity sufficient to force the arm down into the hook i and hold it in place when the pad is in position; and this spring-arm allows the pad to be readily removed by simply unhooking it. The advantages of this arrangement are those of extreme simplicity, as the holder or frames can be made at an exceedingly small price, and when a pad has become exhausted another can be substituted by simply breaking the fragile band d at the top and substituting another.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a toilet-paper holder, of a back continued to form aloop, a rectangular wire frame composed of a single integral piece of wire, loops bent out of the wire at the upper corners of the frame and lying in the same plane therewith, and a spring-arm formed by the lower side of the frame, said arm adapted to pass through said loop, and a hook on the lower end of the right vertical side of the frame, adapted to be engaged by the free end of said spring-arm, all arranged and adapted to operate in the manner set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN A. BROWVN. WVitnesses:

J. FRED FITCH, J. O. DILLON. 

